James Lambert Andem was born on January 1, 1842, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He served in the Union army during the Civil War, and he was a member of General Nathaniel D. Banks’s staff. He took part in the siege of Port Hudson and the Red River campaign.

 

He settled in Washington, D.C., after the war. He married Grace Lombard on January 28, 1868, and they had at least eight children: Florence, born around 1869; Mabel, born around 1871; Lillian, born around 1873; Herbert, born around 1875; Ellen, born around 1879; Grace, born around 1880; Emily, born around 1882; and Philip, born around 1890.

 

He worked as a stenographer for the Tariff Commission and served as a clerk for the House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, around 1890, and he became president of the Edison Phonograph Company of Ohio. Around 1900, he became secretary of the New York Edison Phonograph Company. He retired around 1908 and settled in Montclair, New Jersey. His wife died around 1912, and he moved to New York City around 1915. By 1930, he was living in his daughter Emily’s household in New York City. He died there of heart disease on March 28, 1932.

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